Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a rich collection of the work of post-World War II African-American poets. It brings together the voices of the most important African-American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks, and covers an astonishing range of styles and techniques.
This extraordinary body of poetry is the flowering of an artistic tradition established earlier in this century by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The newer work comprises many different visions, ranging from the chiseled and layered...

This is a daily prayer companion aimed at all working in the caring professions: doctors, nurses and other health care staff; social workers, counsellors, pastors and the many thousands of carers looking after someone at home. It is profoundly understanding of the heavy emotional burden that accompanies this kind of work, its challenges and frustrations, and its great rewards. Arranged thematically, morning and evening prayers for 31 days focus on many practical aspects including Finding Strength, Giving Comfort, Listening, Patiently Persevering, Making Hard Decisions, Coping with Difficult...

A prophetic word to the people of the End Times

Jenny, a young girl who has escaped the killers of her parents, is adopted by Harold and Suzie who take her in with open arms. Soon after, a 'John Doe' is found wandering the streets and is admitted to hospital. His words are later heard by a hospital worker, Sarah, who quickly figures out that this man can tell the future. However, all is not what it seems, and as many other people start descending upon their home town of Hope, stranger things begin to happen. Set at a time in the future after World War III this book tells the story of hope returning to a world that has lost hope. Many...